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August 28, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Introducing RevolTeens, a new monthly column with Christine Lively

Want to talk about teens doing amazing things and shattering stereotypes? RevolTeens is our new column that does just that.

April 9, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

National School Climate Survey results about LGBTQ students’ experiences in school

This look at the school experiences of LGBTQ youth in schools, the challenges they face, and the support they need should be required reading for anyone who works with students of any age.

June 21, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

As I Try Desperately to Get Home Again, Not All Children Can. Here’s why it matters.

The news is full of horrific stories of young children being taken away from their families for the sin of wanting to come to a new country to flee the extreme poverty, violence, and whatever else it is that one flees from. There are pictures of babies crying, audio of children wailing and crying out […]

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Dispelling Some Myths about Public Libraries, One Tweet at a Time

October 25, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I have worked in public libraries for 24 years now and every few months (weeks? days?) it seems like another think piece or post on social media comes out proclaiming that we should just shut down and stop funding our public libraries because no one even uses them anymore, or everyone just uses the Internet, […]

Support Libraries, Save the IMLS

March 17, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Earlier this week, the newest proposed federal budget was introduced and it included massive cuts to many services (see link below for a complete look at the budget in the Washington Post). Included in those potential cuts would be a complete elimination of the IMLS, the Institute of Museums and Library Services. The IMLS provides […]

Serving Full T.I.L.T. : Talking Up Teens

March 11, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

For our final piece in our Serving Full T.I.L.T. (Teens in Libraries Today) series, Eden Grey is talking about advocacy. Next week we’ll here from you. Why is in-house advocacy important? We all see advocacy at a national level, in social media blasts by ALA and YALSA, awareness campaigns by School Library Journal, fundraisers by […]

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#becauseofapubliclibrary

January 15, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The amazing folks at Ferguson Library (I’m a big fan!) recently started the hashtag #becauseofapubliclibrary. It turned out I had a lot of thoughts about what happens because of a public library. Please do hop on Twitter and look at lots of the great responses about what has happened because of a public library. Below […]

Snapshot: Portrait of a Library Today

January 5, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I worked at the Marion Public Library in Marion, Ohio for 10 years. It was in many ways one of the best work experiences of my life. I loved the library, I loved the people, and I knew that we were doing great things for the community. It was also clear over those years how […]

Karen’s Guide to Working with Your Local Radio Station, adventures in creative marketing

December 31, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

For 7 or 8 years, I got to be on the local radio station every Friday morning. It was a glorious thing for me. So today I’m going to share with you how that relationship came to be and some of my tips for working with your local radio station. I highly recommend that if […]

Books, privilege, and how libraries are the only way some children will get to read a bedtime story tonight

May 29, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Libraries are the Beating Heart of Our Communities You may be aware, but Amazon is currently in some kind of a negotiation war with the publisher Hachette. There are a variety of  houses and authors who publish and are distributed by Hachette. Amazon has cut any price discounting for Hachette titles, they are delaying shipping, […]

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